Testing Bits – 8/24/14 – 8/30/14

Here is this week’s collection of articles, blogs, and announcements covering the days of 8/24/14 – 8/30/14.

Articles & Blogs

• 13 Cool Things To Do When Bored From Testing – Bug Huntress – http://blog.bughuntress.com/uncategorized/13-cool-things-to-do-when-bored-from-testing
• An open letter to the blog publisher of professionaltester.com – Ben Kelly – http://testjutsu.com/2014/08/an-open-letter-to-the-blog-publisher-of-professionaltester-com/
• Are you offering a career in testing or just a job? – Rob Lambert – http://thesocialtester.co.uk/are-you-offering-a-career-in-testing-or-just-a-job/
• Before You Test Your System, Test Your Assumptions: An Interview with Aaron Sanders – Josiah Renaudin – http://www.stickyminds.com/interview/you-test-your-system-test-your-assumptions-interview-aaron-sanders
• Blog: Rising Against the Rent-Seekers – Michael Bolton – http://www.developsense.com/blog/2014/08/rising-against-the-rent-seekers/
• Chrome – Firefox WebRTC Interop Test – Pt 1 – Patrik Höglund – http://googletesting.blogspot.com/2014/08/chrome-firefox-webrtc-interop-test-pt-1.html
• Craftsman – Simon Schrijver – http://simonsaysnomore.wordpress.com/2014/08/25/craftsman/
• Dispelling the Misconceptions #2 – “Testing As An Activity” Does Not Mean That Anyone Can Test – Dan Ashby – http://danashby04.wordpress.com/2014/08/26/dispelling-the-misconceptions-2-testing-as-an-activity-does-not-mean-that-anyone-can-test/
• Does centralized testing have a place in Agile teams? – Gerie Owen – http://searchsoftwarequality.techtarget.com/answer/Does-centralized-testing-have-a-place-in-Agile-teams
• Egoless Testing – Dean Mackenzie – http://yesbroken.com/2014/08/28/egoless-testing/
• Error Elimination Testing – David Greenless – http://martialtester.wordpress.com/2014/08/25/error-elimination-testing/
• Have trouble in focussing? Few more reasons and tips to focus – Anand Ramdeo – http://www.testinggeek.com/have-trouble-in-focussing-few-more-reasons-to-focus
• How Not to Standardize Testing – James Bach – http://www.satisfice.com/blog/archives/1464
• How to create a visual test coverage model – Katrina Clokie – http://katrinatester.blogspot.com/2014/08/how-to-create-visual-test-coverage-model.html
• In Defense of a Software Testing Manager – Curtis S – http://cowboytesting.wordpress.com/2014/08/26/in-defense-of-a-software-testing-manager/
• ISO 29119, is it good enough for you? – Andrei Contan – http://andrei.contan.ro/iso-not-good-enough/
• Measuring dysfunction – Sunjeet Khokhar – http://thereluctanttester.wordpress.com/2014/08/27/measuring-dysfunction/
• On Auditing, Standards, and ISO 29119 – Markus Gartner – http://www.shino.de/2014/08/26/on-auditing-standards-and-iso-29119/
• On ISO 29119 Content – Rikard Edgren – http://thetesteye.com/blog/2014/08/on-iso-29119-content/
• Please sign the Petition to Stop ISO 29119 – Chris Kenst – http://www.mytechfetish.com/2014/08/please-sign-petition-to-stop-iso-29119.html
• Quality Assurance: What’s in a name? – Scott Dickie – http://testingfocus.wordpress.com/2014/08/27/quality-assurance-whats-in-a-name/
• Static Testing and Dynamic Testing – Difference Between These Two Important Testing Techniques – Swati S – http://www.softwaretestinghelp.com/static-testing-and-dynamic-testing-difference/
• Stop 29119 – Iain McCowatt – http://exploringuncertainty.com/blog/archives/1124
• The Basics of Manual Testing – David Zhmach – http://www.dtvisiontech.com/2014/08/the-basics-of-manual-testing.html
• The Future of System Maintenance – Joe DeMeyer – http://www.stickyminds.com/article/future-system-maintenance
• The Resident Expert – Ioana Serban – https://medium.com/@ioanasaysgo/the-resident-expert-a757e91c9565
• The Schneider Trophy – Jokin Aspiazu – http://jokinaspiazu.blogspot.com/2014/08/the-schneider-trophy.html
• The Value of Checklists – Randy Rice – http://randallrice.blogspot.com/2014/08/the-value-of-checklists.html
• What’s your test data strategy?? – Mikkel Korsgaard – http://testing4tw.blogspot.com/2014/08/whats-your-test-data-strategy.html
• Why I am signing the petition to stop ISO 29119 – Arushi – http://amybughunter.wordpress.com/2014/08/27/why-i-am-signing-the-petition-to-stop-iso-29119/
• Why Standards don’t help Software world – Majd Uddin – http://knowledgetester.org/2014/08/26/why-standards-dont-help-software-world/
• Why we need realism in testing – Erik Brickarp – http://erik.brickarp.se/2014/08/why-we-need-realism-in-testing.html
• Write up: Acceptance Testing User Stories – Kim Knup – http://punkmiktests.blogspot.com/2014/08/write-up-acceptance-testing-user-stories.html

Tools

• How to define good locators for GUI elements – Steven Machtelinckx – http://www.testingminded.com/2014/08/defining-good-locators-for-gui-elements.html
• HP UFT – Critical Patch 3 release for UFT 11.53 – Joe Colantonio – http://www.joecolantonio.com/2014/08/26/hp-uft-critical-patch-3-release-for-uft-11-53/
• Learn By Example: Python Unit Checks – Qxf2 – http://qxf2.com/blog/python-unit-checks/
• Snagit for Windows Features Every Tester Needs to Know – Jess Lancaster – http://blog.utest.com/2014/08/25/snagit-for-windows-features-every-tester-needs-to-know/

Conferences/Events/Meetups/Organizations/Training

• Looking back on CAST 2014 and forward to Let’s Test Oz – Lee Hawkins – http://therockertester.wordpress.com/2014/08/29/looking-back-on-cast-2014-and-forward-to-lets-test-oz/
• More Than One Way to Confer – CAST2014 – Pete Walen – http://rhythmoftesting.blogspot.com/2014/08/more-than-one-way-to-confer-cast2014.html

Attention: Ohio Testers

• 9/18/2014 – Columbus, OH – COQAA – Automation is What We Do – Why Test Automation is Perfectly Logical in an IT World w/ Joseph Beale – http://coqaa.org/id1.html
• 9/30/2014 – Columbus, OH – Software QA & Testing Meetup – Improv(e) Your Testing! Tips and Tricks from Jester to Tester w/ Damian Synadinos – http://bit.ly/1luTxe9

Miscellaneous

• ISO 29119 Petition – http://www.commonsensetesting.org/news/files/PetitionISO29119.html
• Professional Tester’s Manifesto – http://www.professionaltestersmanifesto.org/
• Podcast: Qubed Apples Podcast #1 is out! – Jon Robinson – http://qubedapples.wordpress.com/2014/08/27/podcast-1-is-available/

Items of Interest for Testers

• Australian bug tracker startup snaps up AU$1m funding round – Leon Spencer – http://www.zdnet.com/australian-bug-tracker-startup-snaps-up-au1m-funding-round-7000032919/
• Opera’s doing well on Android, with more than 100M users – David Meyer – http://gigaom.com/2014/08/26/operas-doing-well-on-android-with-more-than-100m-users/
• uTest Announces Tester of the Quarter – Ryan Arsenault – http://blog.utest.com/2014/08/27/utest-announces-tester-of-the-quarter/

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